Fuselage for aeroplanes



April 22, 1930. w, DWELLE 1,755,211

FUS ELAGE FOR AEROPLANES Filed Oct. 17, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TOR.

April 22, 1930. w. K. DWELLE 1,755,211

Filed Oct. 1'7. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented A r. 22, 1 930 through,

"partly in section.

* UNITED-STATES 'r'; EEAVEE, TWELVE AND oNE-HALErEE oEN'r' T0 AMEs LAWLOB, AND sEvEN AND ONE-HALF PER c Nr'roo. vc. CUNNINGHAM, ALL or HOUSTON, TEXAS rUsELAsE on A RO EANEs Application fil ed 'o t iieri'r; 1927. Serial No. 226,714.

This invention relates to new and useful 1 improvements in a fuselage foraeroplanes.

One object of the invention is to provide an lium, to render the craft buoyant.

, Another object of the IIIVGIllZlOILiS to provide a fuselage having an air channel there-- throughwhich the air from the pro driven as the craft moves peller may be through the air, thus minimizing the resist anceof the air, in front, against the craft, and assisting inthe propulsion of the craft forwardly. v

With the above and other objects in view this invention has particular, relation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use an example of which is given in this specification, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 shows a fragmentary plan view of an aeroplane, embodying the invention, shown Figure 2 shows a tion thereof.

Figure 3 shows a longitudinal sectional view.v

Figure 4 shows a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3,'and

Figure 5 shows a cross sectional view taken I drawings whereinlike numerals of reference designate similar parts in eachofathe figures the numeral 1 designatesthe fuselage, as a whole, and the numerals 2, 2 designate the plane, or wings.v The number 3 designates a motor, of conventional construction,

I 'in the forward end of the fuselage and hav ing the forwardly extending propeller shaft? 4:. An enclosed type of propeller should be employed, such as that shown in my'copencL ing application, executed and filed of even date herewith. The fuselage has an airchannel 5 extending therethrough from the front to, the rear end, whose forward end terminates in the inlet ports 6. The air in front of the craft, within the range of the propeller is collected and forced by the propeller,

through the channel 5, thus forming a para fragmentary front elevalocated:

tial vacuum in front of the craftand minimizing the air resistance thereto, and the reaction of the column of moving air through the channel!) against the walls thereof assists in propelling thecraft forwardly. 7

.The aeroplanehas the usual cockpit 7 with a storage chamber 8, beneath it and also pro- PATENT, ()FFICE V WALTER K. DwE EQo HOUSTON, T XAs, AssIorNoa or FORTY PER CENT To JOHN- videdwith along storage chamber 9 behind it, accessible through the side door 10*.

Around the cockpit 7 and the chambers 8 V and'9 there is an enclosed chamber 11, provided to contain helium or other light gas'to contribute to they buoyancy of the aeroplane.

The walls of thechamber 11 are braced by suitable cross braces, as, 12. v

While I'have shown what I nowconsider the preferred form of the inventionit is obvious that mechanical changes may be made therein. and equivalents substituted for the parts shown and I hereby reserve the right to make such mechanical changes andv adaptations as may be found practical or desirable so long as I do not depart from the principle of the invention as comprehended-within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is 1-- In an aeroplane, a fuselage having an air channel in the bottom thereof extending.

from end to end thereof and whose forward '1 end is upturned and terminates in anair inlet port at the extreme front end of the fuselage, said fuselage having a cockpit with a storage chamber beneath it and a storage chamber behind it, above said air channel,

said fuselage having a'gas chamber on each slde of thecockpit and entirely surrounding said storage chambers on each side and above, A and cross braces reinforclng the walls of said gas chamber.

In testimony whereof I have'signed my name to this specification.

WALTER K. DWELLE. 

